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  1. Sarah Ellen Potter: Birth: 1887 in Castleton,Derbyshire. Death: 5 AUG 1963 in Castleton,Derbyshire

  2. James Potter: Birth: 1891.

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a. Note:   Census Place Castleton,Derbyshire
 Relationship to Census Year 1891 Profession/Occupation Name Head Condition Age Birth year Birthplace Disability
  George Potter Head Married 49 1842 Chapel en le Frith,Derbyshire
 Ellen Potter Wife Married 34 1857 Wrexham,Wales
 Alfred Potter Son Unmarried 6 1885 Castleton,Derbyshire
 Arthur Potter Son Unmarried 7 1884 Castleton,Derbyshire
 George William Potter Son Unmarried 9 1882 Castleton,Derbyshire
 John Thomas Potter Son Unmarried 2 1889 Castleton,Derbyshire
 1891 Alice Morgan Mother in Law Widow 72 1819 Liverpool,Lancashire George Potter Visitor Unmarried 1 1890 Castleton,Derbyshire
 Jane Potter Visitor 23 1868 Castleton,Derbyshire
 John Potter Visitor Unmarried 1 1890 Castleton,Derbyshire
  HANGING GATE, COCKYARD THE HISTORY BEHIND THE NAME Welcome to the Hanging Gate Inn at Chapel en le Frith, known as the capital of The Peaks. After the Norman Conquest, and possibly before, the area was part of the parish of Hope, which meant a days journey to attend a marriage or funeral. The foresters and keepers petitioned for a chapel of ease, which was granted and the first church was built in 1225. It became known as the Chapel in the forest, later it was dedicated to the martyred Thomas a Becket, and for 700 years the successors of the foresters preserved the right to elect a vicar. In 1648 the church was the scene of a great military scandal. About 1500 soldiers of the Scottish army, under the duke of Hamilton, were imprisoned within the building and kept in close confinement from the 13th to the 30th September. Registers show that 44 died before release and at least 10 more during the march to Cheshire.
 The earliest reference to the name appears in 1219, and means "Chapel in the forest "(i.e. The Forest of the Peak) nearby Combs appears in 1251. However the earliest mention of a building on the site of the Hanging Gate here at Cockyard appears in 1582.At the back of the inn, was a cock-fighting pit. (east of the Combs road) Legend says that Cockyard gained its name from a great cock fighting match between the attendants of Mary Queen of Scots and Sir Piers Leigh of Lyme hall. In 1681 the Cockyard estate became the property of the wives of George and Robert Bagshawe. In 1709 it passed to the Ridgeways and later to the Gisbournes. In 1763 Blind Jack of Knaresborough the road engineer constructed the turnpike road outside the inn. Soon after, close to the inn, a Toll bar cottage was built for the collector of Tolls, with windows on a bowed front, facing both up and down the road to facilitate his duties.
 As with any Toll Bar the main feature was the Gate, which allowed access on admission of payment and varied upon the number of animals, transport, goods etc. They were not popular but were needed to maintain the roads.
 In 1790 William Barratt and his family lived here as farmers and shoemakers although it was not an Inn at this period.. William died in 1820 aged 55 and is reputed to haunt the building. Ann his wife died 5 days before Christmas in 1835. She was the daughter of Peter Arkwright , who was the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, the pioneer of the cotton industry.
 The following year in 1836 John Barratt, the eldest son of the above opened a public house here and called it The Gate . He also carried on work as a shoemaker in rooms at the back of the inn. He had a wife Sarah, and children William, Susannah, Sarah and John
 The name changed shortly after to the "Hanging Gate Inn"
 In. 1851, Barratt was described on the census as a cordwainer (Leather worker) & publican. Alas, in 1880 John died, age 72. His widow succeeded him as the innkeeper. The inn remained as a part of the estate of Peter Arkwright Esq. of Willersley castle, Cromford, along with some land for Combs reservoir, until September 1866. Sarah Barratt was still here in 1871, with her grand daughter Susannah, aged 27 who ten years earlier, had been described as a house servant here aged 17. Sarah Barratt died here on Friday the 18th April 1873 aged 77. Her will valued at �2300, left amongst her effects, a mahogany card table, mahogany chest of draws, the parlour sofa, 6 wooden china chairs, German silver cutlery, not to mention a clock & pictures plus a weatherglass. When the local newspaper reported news of her death, the following information appeared giving an insight into the history of the "Hanging Gate" reads thus;
 "The signboard of this quaint white washed inn, on the Whaley Bridge turnpike road, was a gate swung aloft, and bore the couplet "This gate hangs free and hinders none, Refresh yourself and travel on" .The signboard was attached to the front of the inn.
 In 1831 six families lived in Cockyard. There was another pub in the vicinity known as the Dun Cow and known locally as the Blazing Rag. This was kept for a long period by the Lomas family, who were blacksmiths and farmers, and a smithy stood nearby on the opposite side of the road to the toll bar, beneath an old chestnut tree. William Barratt was the innkeeper at the Hanging Gate with his wife Ann, she died here suddenly on the 6th March 1888 having been ill for three weeks with St Anthony's Fire. The Inquest verdict stated that her death was accelerated by drinking.
 In 1892 there was a savage attack on the publican here when an Irishman, Patrick Phillips struck William Barratt with a pot. He was sent to prison with hard labour. It must be said this was a rare incident as the Hanging Gate even at this period attracted visitors from all over the country.
 One of the main attractions at the Hanging Gate at the turn of the century was the dance held here for many years in a room attached to the inn. Sir Henry Irving & Ellen Terry signed the visitor's book. This was also the meeting place for the Hanging Gate Flying club,where the owners of racing pigeons met, it was also popular with the members of the High Peak golf club.
 Over the past century alterations have taken place here, the tollgate may have gone but one thing that still remains is the warm welcome you will always receive at the Hanging Gate.
 Today's present innkeeper Anne Forman is the longest serving licensee (at 15 years) since the Second World War. The longest on record being John Barratt (24years) who first opened the "Gate" as a pub back in 1836.



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